Police Torture

Allegations of torture highlights the importance of the new national preventive mechanism and the need for independent custody monitoring

Shock and stun devices as used by the police should be regulated, if only because South Africa has the obligation to respect human rights.

A judge has condemned the lies and actions of a senior police officer assigned to the case.

June 26 is the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. There should be no more police torture in South Africa, yet it continues.

We discuss police brutality, former crime intelligence member Solly Lazarus and Chris Roper tells us about the South by Southwest conference.

South Africa’s failure to criminalise torture in domestic law leaves many citizens vulnerable to gross human rights abuses while in state custody.

Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula visited the alleged torture victim, saying ill treatment of inmates would not be tolerated.

The Independent Complaints Directorate is investigating complaints of torture against the Organised Crime Unit at Belville South in the Western Cape.

Many members of the Nigerian police are more likely to commit crimes than prevent them, a report released on Tuesday claimed.

Members of the crime-fighting unit have again been accused of unethical practices.

A probe has been launched into allegations that police tortured the wife of a missing Ga-Rankuwa detective, a police official said on Friday.

A Mozambican former top cop has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for leading a mission that resulted in the death of a suspected criminal.

Specialised units of the police force still use barbaric interrogation methods. Sello S Alcock reports.